- Loreto (Italy)
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Loreto — is Italian laurel wood. It may refer to:In places with Marian shrines*Loreto, Santiago del Estero, Argentina *Loreto, Beni, Bolivia *Loreto (AN), Ancona, Italy, home of the Basilica della Santa Casa after which the other shrines are named.… … Wikipedia
Loreto — ▪ Italy town and episcopal see, Marche region, central Italy, on the Musone River just south of Ancona and near the Adriatic coast. It is a noted pilgrimage resort famous for the Santa Casa, or Holy House of the Virgin. According to… … Universalium
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Loreto nuns — Lo*ret o nuns, or Loretto nuns Lo*ret to nuns [From Loreto, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.] (R. C. Ch.) Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loreto, Holy House of — • Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Loreto — f English and Irish (borne by Roman Catholics): religious name referring to the town in central Italy to which in the 13th century the Holy House of the Virgin is supposed to have been miraculously transported from Nazareth by angels … First names dictionary
Loreto Aprutino — Infobox CityIT official name = Comune di Loreto Aprutino img coa = Loreto Aprutino Stemma.png img coa small = image caption = region = RegioneIT|sigla=ABR province = #ifeq:ABR|VAO|none|ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=PE (PE) mayor = mayor party =… … Wikipedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Loreto — geographical name commune central Italy in Marche population 10,797 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Church of Our Lady of Loreto — Loreto Church General information Architectural style Baroque … Wikipedia
